If Signal was available on F-droid and didn't depend on Play Services and Chrome (for Desktop) I'd be happier.
In my opinion Open Whisper Systems sacrificed the power users to be a safe messenger for the masses when they could've pleased the power users, who are key to driving mass adoption, too.
You make it sound as if people who do not want to use Play Services are the only power users. That is simply false, many power users don't care about using Play Services.
In my opinion Open Whisper Systems sacrificed the power users to be a safe messenger for the masses when they could've pleased the power users, who are key to driving mass adoption, too.